Definitely. These were both lower speed corners, so the panning isn’t as noticeable. It was also very bright, and I don’t have a 62mm ND filter, so even at 200ISO I couldn’t shoot any slower than 1/125sec.
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very nice! what camera and lens were you using? whats the EXIF on the images? the shutter speed looks relatively low.. probabyl less than 1/250th sine the wheels arent frozen which is a good thing.
would love to edit one of these with your permission. i love editing.
All were a Nikon D700 and an old Nikkor 70-210 f/4 AF-D, 200 ISO in Shutter Priority.
NASCAR Bend: f/11, 1/200, 155mm
Turn 4: f/14, 1/250, 210mm
I really need an AF-S lens for this kind of photography, and VR would be nice to slow things down even further. Really regretting selling my 70-300VR several years ago.
Yes please, I’ll send you the raws. I never took the time to learn editing beyond the most basic of basic. I opened these, tweaked the exposure a little bit, and lightly burned the background to bring back a little bit of contrast. I don’t use a CPL on that lens (eyeroll) because the hood screws into the filter threads, and makes it a huge PITA once the focus barrel starts turning.
raws would be great!
as long as you have AF-C enabled on your camera and use the center 9 point focus mode... even an AF-D lens can focus properly with motor sports since your distance to focus doesnt extend the full range of the lens like you do with birding and wild life.
i have a 300 AF-D lens and it tracks fine with motor sports. you just need to PAN and use a mono pod until you get good at panning by hand. AF-C do it man :)
My 70-200mm af-s vr is great and my 28-300mm af-s vr is shockingly good.
I use both for sports photo jobs.
[emoji23][emoji23] you guys.